Silver Bells vs Fashionable Gray
Where Silver Bells belongs to PPG's range, Fashionable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Fashionable Gray (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Silver Bells (LRV 46), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 1.9, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Silver Bells vs Fashionable Gray in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Silver Bells and Fashionable Gray are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Silver Bells vs Fashionable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Silver Bells on one side and Fashionable Gray on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Silver Bells comparisons
See how Silver Bells stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Silver Bells encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 46, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Bells reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 30, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 46, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Bells reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 46 vs 4, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Bells reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 46, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 21, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Silver Bells encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 46), opening up a space where Silver Bells encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Silver Bells encloses it.
Silver Bells reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Silver Bells encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes Silver Bells the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 46, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 25, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Bells reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 31, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 7, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 24, Silver Bells is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (57 vs 46) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.